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package org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav;

/**
 * <code>DavResourceFactory</code> interface defines a single method for
 * creating {@link DavResource} objects.
 */
public interface DavResourceFactory {

	/**
	 * Create a {@link DavResource} object from the given locator, request and
	 * response objects.
	 * 
	 * @param locator
	 *            locator of the resource
	 * @param request
	 * @param response
	 * @return a new <code>DavResource</code> object.
	 * @throws DavException
	 */
	public DavResource createResource(DavResourceLocator locator,
			DavServletRequest request, DavServletResponse response)
			throws DavException;

	/**
	 * Create a new {@link DavResource} object from the given locator and
	 * session.
	 * 
	 * @param locator
	 * @param session
	 * @return a new <code>DavResource</code> object.
	 * @throws DavException
	 */
	public DavResource createResource(DavResourceLocator locator,
			DavSession session) throws DavException;
}